Archive for August, 2007
Written in the late 80’s, the Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie has been the source of an amazing amount of controversy. My own reason for originally picking up this book is my interest in how controversial it was, I didn’t know much about it beyond that. What I was most impressed with, after finishing the [...]
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Absurdistan – Gary Shteyngart
The second novel by author Gary Stheyngart, Absurdistan is a testament to the author’s ability to write. The novel takes place in the fictional country of Absurdistan, which allows Shteyngart the freedom to develop a new world in which to look back at our own. Gripping, the story is filled with comic narrative and funny [...]
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Just Announced: The Octopus Project has announced a new album, Hello, Avalanche. Known for mixing electronic sounds and fun beats, The Octopus Project is best defined as “Lap-Rock” or Laptop Rock – that is, it sounds like a lot of it might’ve been put together on a laptop. This definition shouldn’t sound like a negative [...]
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold is the second novel I’ve read by Garbiel Garcia Marquez. The first, probably obviously, being 100 Years of Solitude. This novel takes on a different style than the 100 Years, and reads almost like a detective novel in reverse. That is, you know who did the crime, and you are [...]
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End of I – Stephen Dixon
Stephen Dixon’s latest novel, End of I, is more of a collection of short stories than a novel. Written in sections which feel almost like snapshots of different points during the main character, I.’s, life, Dixon gives the reader an extremely personal insight into the title character’s mind. Each section shows a different aspect of [...]
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The White Castle – Orhan Pamuk
This is the second book by Orhan Pamuk I’ve read, entitled, The White Castle. After reading Snow, a novel set in modern day Turkey, I expected another “political novel” focusing on similar themes (note, I wrote a review of Snow, which you can read here). Instead what I encountered was a book whose only similarity [...]
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